Naomi Osaka Dumped Out by Karolina Muchova in Second Round

Naomi Osaka suffered a second-round exit on the Madrid Open on Sunday because the Japanese second seed misplaced 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to Karolina Muchova.

Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, has seven profession hard-court titles however has by no means managed to elevate a clay- court docket trophy.

Playing her first clay-court occasion for the reason that 2019 French Open, Osaka beat compatriot Misaki Doi in the primary spherical, however she got here unstuck towards an opponent making her prime 20 debut this week.

Muchova, who reached the final 4 in Melbourne this 12 months, used a single break of serve to assert the opening set towards the world quantity two.

Osaka, a quarter-finalist at Madrid two years in the past, fell 3-1 behind in the second set however rallied to win the subsequent 5 video games and drive a decider.

Muchova regrouped and broke Osaka early in the third set, after which once more for a 5-1 lead, earlier than sealing victory in slightly below two hours.